Mayookha Johny
Mayookha at the 2016 South Asian Games | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Mayookha Johny Mathalikunnel |
| Born | 4 September 1988 |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Long jump, Triple jump |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | Long jump: 6.64 m (2010) Triple jump: 14.11 m NR (2011) |
Mayookha Johny Mathalikunnel (born 9 April 1988) is an Indian former track and field athlete who specialized in long jump and triple jump. She is the first Indian woman to cross the fourteen-metre mark in triple jump and holds the current national record of 14.11 m set at the 2011 Asian Championships.[2][3] Mayookha represented India in the women's triple jump event at the 2012 London Olympics.
Early life
Mayookha was born on 4 September 1988 in Bombay, Maharashtra to parents originally from Koorachundu in Kerala. Her father M. Devassya Johny was a bodybuilder and a former Mr. Bombay.[4]
Career
Competing for Kannur in the 50th Kerala State Athletic Championship at Thrissur, Mayookha won gold in long jump and triple jump (12.38 m) in under-20 category in 2006. In the triple jump event she beat the more experienced M.A. Prajusha and Tincy Mathew.[5]
She finished seventh in the long jump at the 2010 Asian Games. Johny fared better at the 2011 National Games of India the following February, taking a long and triple jump double ahead of M. A. Prajusha.[6] Triple Jumper Mayookha Johny has become the first Indian woman to breach the 14-metre mark as she won a bronze medal in the third and final leg of the Asian Athletics Grand Prix in Wujiang.[2]
At the 2011 World Championships in Daegu she qualified for the finals in the women's long jump event, thereby becoming only the third Indian ever to qualify for the final of an individual event in World Championships.[7] She finished 9th with a best jump of 6.37 m, far behind her qualifying round performance where she recorded 6.53 m.[8]
On 22 July 2012, Mayookha Johny triple jumped 13.91 m to win the top place in a athletics meet in Dillingen.[9] She competed at the 2012 London Olympics in the triple jump event where she finished 22nd with a jump of 13.77 m.[10] She competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the long jump.[11]
References
- ^ a b 2014 CWG profile
- ^ a b "Mayookha breaches 14m barrier". The Hindu. India. 30 May 2011. Archived from the original on 31 May 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- ^ "Mayookha books Olympic berth". India Today. 10 July 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
- ^ "Mayookha Johny Olympics 2012 Player Profile, News, Medals - Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
- ^ "Mayookha completes a fine double". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 23 October 2006. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
- ^ Krishnan, Ram. Murali (22 February 2011). Raut and Johny takes doubles at Indian National Games in Ranchi. IAAF. Retrieved on 22 February 2011.
- ^ Mayookha finishes ninth
- ^ "2011 World Championships in Athletics, Daegu. Women's Long jump results". Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "Mayookha jumps 13.91m". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 25 July 2012.
- ^ "Mayookha Johny Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Mayookha M. Devassya Johny Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2017.